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J. Q. DAVIS 8v N. O. PYLES.

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No.'2905,668. Patented Deo. 25, 1883.

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UNITED STATES yPATENT trice.

JAMES Q. DAVIS, OF ZVINNSBOROUGHJ AND NEWTON O. PYLES, OF CORONOGO,SOUTH CAROLINA.

BLOTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,663, dated December25, 1883.

Application filed October 25, 1882. (Model.)

f 0 ail whom, t may concern: n

Be it known that we, JAMES Q. DAVIS, of WTinnsboroug-h, Fairfieldcounty, State of South Carolina, and NEWTON O. PYLEs, of Coronoco,Abbeville county, State of South Carolina, both citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Blotter; and wedo declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable other skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine.

Figure l is a top view of the invention, Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectionalview, and Fig. 3 a cross-sectional view. 1

XV e take a thin metal plate, A, Fig. l-say about ten inches long andthree inches widelarger if desired. Across this plate, near each end, isa narrow slot, b, through which the ends of the blotting-paper c areinserted from the lower side, as shown in Fig. 2. Covering these slotsare narrow metal strips,with about one-eighth (t) of an inch at each endbent at a right angle and fastened to the plate A, forming cape, whichturns the end of the blotting'paper as it is inserted through the slotand holds it securely in place. The caps also strengthen the plate wherethe slots are cut.

Along the edges on the upper side of plate A is ascale, d, measuringinches and fractions thereof. The blotting-paper is about onequarter(1l) of an inch narrower than the plate A and the edges of the plateprojecting over it, and, being held by it above the surface intended tobe ruled, become available as rulers, and, being left clear, may be usedas paper-cutters- In the center of plate A is a small knob-handle, f.

We claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Theblotter herein shown and described, i

Witnesses asito James Q. Davis:

O. WV. BUCHANAN, J. A. HINNONT.

Witnesses as to Newton O. Pyles:

J. D. COLEMAN, J. B. BARKSDALE.

